"Glomerulonephritis, IGA" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic form of glomerulonephritis characterized by deposits of predominantly IMMUNOGLOBULIN A in the mesangial area (GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM). Deposits of COMPLEMENT C3 and IMMUNOGLOBULIN G are also often found. Clinical features may progress from asymptomatic HEMATURIA to END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D005922
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.570.363.608 C13.351.968.419.570.363.608 C20.111.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Glomerulonephritis, IGA- Glomerulonephritis, IGA
- Glomerulonephritides, IGA
- Berger's Disease
- Bergers Disease
- IGA Glomerulonephritis
- IGA Nephropathy
- Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
- Nephropathy, Immunoglobulin A
- Nephritis, IGA Type
- IGA Type Nephritis
- Nephropathy, IGA
- Berger Disease
- Iga Nephropathy 1
- Nephropathy 1, Iga
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glomerulonephritis, IGA" by people in Profiles.
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Woo SH, Sigdel TK, Dinh VT, Vu MT, Sarwal MM, Lafayette RA. Mapping novel immunogenic epitopes in IgA nephropathy. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Mar 6; 10(3):372-81.